That wasnt meant to criticize him, I know hes the strongest SF in the NBA.

Im just saying as far as the 2K ratings are concerned, the greater physical components of LeBron puts him above the likes of Bird, Dr. J, etc although he may not be better than them as far as his career is concerned.

In reality a prime LeBron would be clearly physical superior to a prime Larry Bird. He'd torch him in the ways Dominique did, but is bigger, stronger, faster & equipped with a much better all around game than Nique.

Todays players are just bigger, stronger, faster, and are better at different skills than players from the past. Not a knock on the old guys, but just a sign of the times.

I think they made the ratings right, from what I've seen. LeBron's the best in the league right now. To me it doesn't matter if he's a 100 or 93, as long as nobody has anything higher.

Dirk should be in the 90s, he might have a slower step now but he's more skillfull and versatile now. Free throws should be in the 90s/high 80s

You can raise his Mid-Range, 3PT Shooting, Shooting Off The Dribble, FT, Offensive Awareness, & Clutch but it still wont negate his lack of rebounding, blocks, low post defense, speed, agility, & strength for a PF.

I think Dirk was rated at 83 during the regular season due to this.

His rebounding rating drops him like 7 points, but its true that he isnt going to give you 13 RPG so its no reason to raise it.

Those ratings aren't relative to position. They're relative to the entire league. You have to think about it in that way to make ratings accurate. LeBron should be about an 80 at best. Why? Because 2001 Shaq is in the game, and no one comes close to him in strength (assuming he's 99). Players like Anthony Mason, Alonzo Mourning etc. would have strengths in the 90s. Then Dwight, Hakeem, Ewing, Blake, etc. can have strengths mid 80s. Then players like Kareem, LeBron, Artest etc. have their strength about 80.

The same way not all of the superstars should have 95+ offensive awareness. The only players deserving of that are Bird, Magic, and Jordan to a degree. Everyone else should be below that, so as to give space for there to actually be a difference between someone like Bird and someone like LeBron/Kobe in offensive awareness.

They have too many stars all packed together in the high 90s for certain attributes and that minimizes the actual differences between those players.

Another example. Ben Wallace should be about 98 defensive awareness. But that rating is made much less valuable if you put LeBron, Kobe, etc. at 90 defensive awareness as well. Need to have bigger gaps.